Page 11 - Latest Updates on Omicron
India likely to get Omicron-specific vaccine by year-end, says SII chief
SII is working with Novavax to bring the Omicron-specific vaccine, as the nation continues to record a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases
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Data story: India adds 14,917 new Covid cases, active tally at 117,508
India on August 15 reported an increase of 647 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 117,508
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Coronavirus update: India logs 14,092 Covid cases, 41 deaths in 24 hours
India reported 14,092 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, a marginal decline from the previous day's count of 15,815 Covid, said the Union Health Ministry on Sunday
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Delhi logs 2,031 new Covid cases, 9 deaths; positivity rate at 12.34%
This is the 11th consecutive day when the city logged more than 2,000 cases in a day.
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Karnataka records 1,329 Covid-19 cases, five deaths; active tally at 10,105
The health department said in its daily COVID bulletin that 1,614 people were discharged, taking the total number of recoveries to 39,79,155 till date.
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West Bengal logs 461 fresh Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths; active tally at 5,884
The COVID-19 toll rose to 21,420 as three more deaths were reported from different parts of the state in the last 24 hours, the bulletin said.
Mumbai reports 867 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally at 4,624
The recovery rate increased by 486 and touched 11,07,419, leaving the metropolis with 4,624 active cases, the official said.
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Data story: India adds 15,815 new Covid cases, 68 deaths in 24 hours
India has so far administered 2,077,162,098 vaccine doses
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Data story: India adds 16,561 new Covid cases, death toll at 526,928
India has added 115,969 cases in the past 7 days
Omicron 20-30% more infectious: INSACOG to review data of Covid variants
Amid rising COVID cases in the national capital and other States, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) will review the data of genomic surveillance of COVID-19 variants
Delhi records 2,726 new Covid cases, six deaths; positivity rate 14.38%
This is the ninth consecutive day when the capital logged more than 2,000 cases in a day.
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Mumbai sees drop in daily Covid-19 count; reports 683 new cases, one death
With this addition, the city's infection tally surged to 11,29,968 and the death toll to 19,662.
New Omicron sub-variant detected in majority of samples tested: LNJP study
Doctors at the hospital, however, said cases in which these sub-variant was detected, the severity is less and patients are recovering faster, within five-seven days.
Delhi to strictly enforce mask fines in view of surge in Covid cases
The South Delhi district magistrate has formed three teams for enforcement of wearing face masks in public places
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Goa sees 174 new Covid cases at 11% positivity rate; active tally at 957
The COVID-19 death toll remained unchanged at 3,955 with no new fatalities being reported, the bulletin said.
Delhi records 2,495 new Covid cases, 7 deaths; positivity rate at 15.41%
The national capital saw 1,372 infections and six deaths on August 7 (Sunday) as the case positivity rate rose to 17.85 per cent, the highest since January 21, it said.
Mumbai reports 479 new Covid cases in a day, active tally crosses 3,000
The overall tally of cases stands at 11,28,433 as of Tuesday and the death toll at 19,660, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin said.
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Maharashtra records 1,782 Covid cases, seven deaths; active tally at 11,889
The state's COVID-19 case tally rose to 80,62,519, while death toll reached 1,48,150.
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EU regulator begins review of Pfizer-BioNTech's variant-adapted Covid shot
The so-called bivalent vaccine targets two strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind COVID
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BioNTech reports strong H1 with $9.7-bn revenue, expects demand to grow
The German pharmaceutical company said Monday that revenue hit about 9.57 billion euros ($ 9.76 bn) in the first six months of 2022, up from nearly 7.36 billion euros in the same period a year earlier
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